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J. v. WOOLSE Y,- or

SAINDUYS'KY, oHIo.

Letters Patent No. 94,164, dated August 24, 1869.

. IMPROVEMENTIN SPOKE-.TENONING. MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J. V. WooLsEY, of Sandusky, in the county of Erie, and State of Ohio, have invented a. certain new and improved Facing andTenoning Spoke-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to'the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 a side view of the machine.

Figure 2, 'a View of the top.

Like letters of reference rr iftn' to like parts in the different views.

This invention relates to the facing and touching of spokes at one simultaneous operation, each spoke being worked from its centre, thereby producing a uniformity in the size of the tenons and face of the spokes.

In fig. 1, A represents a frame-work, of wood, in which is pivoted the. shaft 8, in steps C.

To said shafts is keyed a pair ,of cutter-heads, D E, to which are secured, by the screws F, the cutters or blades G H, cutter G being that for cutting the tenon, andH, that for facing the shoulders of the tenon.

it will be observed that both heads are placed in close relation to each other, separated only by a flange, I, in the periphery of which are secured the segmental saws a, for cutting down theshoulders of the tenon, a side view of which is shownin fig. 1.

The cutter and saws, as will be seen, occupy the thickness of the flange, a groove being eutin the side thereof, for the admission of the cutter, as indicated by the dotted line 0, thereby bringing the edge of the cutter in close proximity to the saw, and across the edge of the flange'I.

Fig. 2 is an adjust-able supplementary frame, the rear end of which is pivoted to the cross-piece K, slightly elevated above the top of the frame A, whereas the front end is supported by the slotted standards L, to which it is secured by the thimble-screws M, so that said front end may be raised upward, or lowered, as and for a purpose hereinafter shown. b

[n the above supplementary frame is pivoted a shaft, N, fig. 2, in step-boxes O.

To said shaft is also keyed a pair of cutter-heaitls, 11E, figrl, constructed and arranged in relation to each other, and provided with a flange, cutters, &c., in the same manner as those above described on the shaft B, and with which they relatively correspond in relation to the spoke 1, between which it is arranged for being tcnoned and faced, as will present-1y be shown.

1t will be observed that the inner side'of the supplementary frame J is constructed of metal, which, as it approaches the front end, curves inwardly, so much so as to leave an open space in front of the cutters,

' for the greater convenience of having access to them.

R, fig. 1, is a'sliding frame or table, mountcd upon the top of the frame A, upon which it ismadc to slide backward and forward upon the ribs or ways'o, fitting in corresponding grooves in the under side of the frame or table.

S S are adj ustablc inollnal bearings, upon which the spoke is laid for being tenoned and faced.

T is an adjustable centre, whereby the end of the spoke is held while passing between the cutters.

' Having thus described the construction and arrangement of the machine, the practical operation of the same is as follows:

The spoke on being laid' upon the inclinal hearings S, the tenon end is thensecurod to the centre T, which is so shaped as to fit the centre, made by the lathe in which it was turned.

The spoke, on thus being properly adjusted, is bound by the binder A, and is then pushed forward toward the revolving cutters, and as it passes between them the tenon is .cut, and the shoulder saws down on the under side by the cutter G and saws a, and the upper side by the corresponding cutters and saws on the heads 1) E, \vhiIe at the same time the shoulders of the tenon are faced down by the cutters or blades H 1-1, on the heads E E. c

' A spoke thus tcnoned and faced down, is shown in fig. 1, in which the dotted lines f f indicate the form of the spoke before being thusworked.

It will be seen that by this machine the work of tenoning and facing is done at one operation, and that as the spoke is worked from the centre, the sides of the tenon and the facing will be equally distant therefrom and true ,to the sides of the spoke; the facing I and sides of the tenon being also equally true with each other, therefore free from winding, which cannot be done in the ordinary way without much care being expended in the opefation.

It will be obvious that each tenon will be alike in thickness, and that the thickness of the spokes at the shoulders will also'be uniform, therefore little or no fitting will be required to fit the spoke to the hub,

hence saving by this much time and expense in the construction of a wheel.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' 1. The combination of the cutter-heads D E, having adjustable cutter G H, andarranged upon revolving shaft B, with the cutter-heads D E, having cutter G H, and arranged upon a revolving shaft in the adjustable frame J, in the manner and for the purpose -substantially described.

2. The combination of the adj nstable centre '1, ad justable inclined bearings S S, and binder A, with the sliding frame 11-, for the purpose substantially as'described.

. J. V. WOOLSEY. \Vitncsses:

O. H. HUBBARD, R. M. HUBBARD. 

